Groups target Louisiana's climbing obesity rate


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The Rapides Foundation, a nonprofit health foundation, plans to award $2 million to $3 million this year for diet and physical activity programs in nine parishes in Central Louisiana. As part of a five-year initiative, the foundation has given grants ...
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